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triumpli accordingly. Of course, a short slioe is less 

 liable to ^''spring out^^ tlian a full one; indeed, since I 

 have used them, I have never known one to do so. 

 They would not, I imagine, be so suitable for the hind 

 feet ; but the hind shoe can always be made stouter than 

 the fore one. 



In case my description of the three-quarter shoe be 

 not plain enough, I subjoin a sketch of it. Fig. 1 shows 

 the foot shod (in profile) ; Fig. 2, the ground surface of 



FIG. 3 



the shod foot; Fig. 3, the shoe itself. I should also 

 mention that my friend who gave me the pattern of this 

 shoe remarked that " the opposition of the smiths to it 

 must be seen to be appreciated, and that the same might 

 be said of most of the grooms." 



In speaking of thin-soled horses, I omitted to call 

 attention to the fact that it is only pointed stones that 

 they object to ; London pavement they will go over with 

 all imaginable confidence. As to the dijficulty of putting 

 on a shoe after a ^' Charlier " has been lost, I can only 

 say what has happened to myself, and I always prefer 

 practice to theory. Some time ago I lost (or rather my 

 horse did) a hind shoe (I have never lost a three-quarter 

 fore shoe), which was trodden ofi", as I fancy, in a gate- 

 way, being a little too long — such an accident, indeed. 



